more news briefs, later May 2014

The election in Ukraine this week, marked a turn for the situation there. The 'pro-business' Petro Poroshenko is positioning himself as western-leading, yet stable, as west-Europe turns more far-right, in EU affairs. More background of the uprising, the Maidan overthrow and the different factions vying for Ukraine, by Timothy Snyder, from the New York Review of Books, March 20, 2014.

The 42 minute extended interview Jon Stewart did with US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on the Daily Show?

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